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Free-jazz may not be as popular as in the sixties, but the music itself is still very much alive. Don't believe me? Well, all I can say is that you had to be there in Zaal Belgie in Hasselt, Belgium on the 24th of March. The Collective Trio started. They consist of three women, Susie Ibarra on drums and percussion, Sylvie Courvoisier on grandpiano and Joëlle Léandre on double-bass. Known names in the experimental en improv music scene: Ibarra and Courvoisier worked with John Zorn on his Cobra project, Ibarra drummed on Yo La Tengo's 'And then nothing turned itself inside out', Courvoisier worked with Fred Frith and Mark Feldman, and Léandra worked with Hasse Poulsen and François Houle. And this is just a short summary. This tour is their first tour together, an album should come out later this year. If that record sounds anything like this concert it will be nothing less than revolutionary. They meandered between free-jazz, contemporary classical and pure improvisation. Ibarra used everything from skins, rims, shells to cymbals on her modest drumkit. But also various sticks and brushes, not to mention the assorted handpercussion. Courvoisier who prepared her piano with tape, sticks and much more stuff, hammered the keys, played the strings directly with her hands. Léandre played her double-bass with incredible souplesse, using both fingers and stick, letting her bass sound like woodwinds at one time and like a piano at another. The flexibility of all three musicians provided an unbelievable listeningexperience, free-jazz chaos subsided into pure serenity in a matter of seconds, and the transparent outbursts from especially Susie Ibarra on her drums were so impressive that the whole audience could only stare and drool, myself included. After an hour it was time for Sunny Murray and Arthur Doyle, two living free-jazz legends. Murray has played with the likes of Coltrane, Coleman and Alan Silva in the past, and last year he recorded a duo record with saxophonist/ flutist Arthur Doyle, called 'Dawn of a new vibration'. I haven't heard that record yet, but those two gentlemen really blew me away this night. A non-stop free-jazz experience is what they provided. Sunny Murray started playing and didn't stop until fifty minutes later. In that time he played so energetic and loud, but also sensitive and subtle, with an eagerness that one can normally only witness with musicians who still have to proof themselves. Totally different from the somewhat more precise drummingstyles of Susie Ibarra, he managed to maintain the incredible energy level the entire performance. In between Arthur Doyle played his sax- and flute parts, and although he hadn't have enough breath to play constantly or very long tones, it still complimented Murray's drumming in an astonishing way. Sometimes he played some flute parts, but most of the time it was his saxophone, and sometimes even his voice followed the same free melodies he just played before on his saxophone. Not a steady voice, but pure emotion. Just like the whole concert was highly emotional, almost spiritual. The subtle piece of music they played as an encore was a breathtaking apotheose to an incredible evening, and at that moment everyting else, all of normal day's worries, seemed so futile. The effect was that strong.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/live/collective-trio/collective-trio-freejazz-double-bill/161/
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